With MS Project, Microsoft's project management suite, you can create essential documents for your business such as schedules and Gantt charts. Creating information is only half the challenge, however; sharing it with investors, clients and employees is what truly helps to streamline the management of a business. Designed for compatibility with other Microsoft programs like Project, Microsoft's SharePoint simplifies this task, allowing you to easily upload documents directly from within MS Project and share them on a SharePoint list.

Step 1

Open Project and open the project that you want to upload to SharePoint.

Step 2

Click on the "File" tab to open the Backstage view. Select "Save and Send."

Step 3

Click on "Sync with Tasks Lists."

Step 4

Type in the URL of your SharePoint server in the Site URL field. Alternatively, select the URL from the list if you have uploaded documents before.

Step 5

Click on "Validate URL." Make sure the spelling and syntax of your URL are correct if the application returns an error.

Step 6

Select the list to which you want to input the project from under the "Select An Existing Task List" section. You can also create a new list for the project by typing in the name of the new list.

Step 7

Click on "Sync."

Tip

Once the two files are synced, any changes made on any of the platforms will be reflected in the other.

If different changes are made to the two documents at the same time, a dialog box will appear asking which version you want to save.

To view the SharePoint version of the project from MS Project, click on the "File" tab and then select "Info." Click on the link to the SharePoint site under the "Sync to Tasks Lists" heading.

Other Microsoft programs such as Word and PowerPoint also include features for easy syncing with SharePoint.

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